Now Javaid has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years; Ahmed, who admitted three further offences of dealing class A and B drugs while on bail, was sentenced to 10-years and three months; Farooq, who is already serving an eight-year sentence for robbery in Liverpool, was jailed for six-and-a-half years; and Baggaley, who was also dealt with for dangerous driving, was locked up for six years.

Serial burglar Steven Ruscoe has been jailed for six years after stealing vehicles from outside people’s homes and using them to commit other crimes.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard how the 34-year-old even managed to give police the slip after a high-speed chase in one of the cars. The Audi – described by its devastated owner as his ‘pride and joy’ – was later found burnt out in Cheshire.

Ruscoe was finally caught as he got into the driver’s seat of another vehicle. Inside it were items linking him to other offences.